there s more on the day s main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. this country together. thank you very much. cheering and applause. # you re everywhere and nowhere, baby. # that s where you re at. i swear by almighty god. i had to rely on. the evidence i shall give, what i was told, it shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. by my senior trusted advisers. so help me god. i took my cue from them. # lies are gonna get you some day. # just wait and see. # so open up your beach umbrella. # while you re watching tv. # and it s hi, ho silver lining. # and away you go, well, baby. # i see your sun is shining. # but i won t make a fuss. # though it s obvious. this fictional party was a business meeting. and it was not socially distanced. i was also furious to see that clip. add there wil
two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire. now the police are extending their search downstream. and 10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the king s coronation in may are on offer via a ballot. the uk saw no economic growth in the final three months of last year according to the latest official statistics released this morning. it means the country narrowly avoided what s defined as a recession two consecutive quarters when the economy shrinks. the government says it shows the uk was more resilient than expected, after the bank of england had warned of a long period of stagnation. but the economy did shrink by 0.5% in december, and business leaders warn that firms are still struggling. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says there is reason for optimism. well, the fact that we have avoided a recession, in fact we were the fastest growing major country last year, shows there is underlying resilience in the uk economy. but we are not out of the w
i went to iran on march 17th 2016 to take my baby girl, to show her to my family, and that wasn t the first time that she was going to iran. but we would always go for nowruz holiday, which is the new year in iran, purely because the city is empty, the weather is nice and especially the holiday season. but also, the two weeks that i was in iran, everywhere was closed and we felt like it s a good time to hang out with family. while i was coming out of iran, at the airport in tehran, i was arrested without being told what was the problem. theyjust said, there is something wrong about your passport, and, of course, my daughter was 22 months old, very little. where did she go when you were arrested in the airport? my parents were inside the airport with me and i was queuing up for the check in, so i gave the baby to them. they told me, you are going to be released in the morning, so everything is going to be fine, it s just a couple of questions, which it wasn t. i did not know w
i will end up rambling on, the let me give you the headline view. the first thing is to have a chief of staff in number ten who does the organisational, structural role. if you think about how precious every minute is of the prime minister s time, and we accept it is finite, how you organise that time authoritatively. ten times as many people want to see the prime minister or one that part of his or her time than is physically possible, and that is really important role. want that part of his or her under borisjohnson, i thought he was in there as a sort of eminence agrees, a wise pair of hands. in terms of dominic cummings, thatis hands. in terms of dominic cummings, that is not why he was there, whatever the title. eminence grise. he was there to drive forward delivery, and was certainly well disposed and well suited to this, trying amidst the daily hustle and bustle of events brought up by the media, whatever was the issue of the day, take a hard step back and try to
On their ashes tour. Its just been revealed why batsman ben duckett was been dropped from englands ashes tour match today it follows an incident in a perth bar. In sharp contrast here more snow and ice are on the way with freezing temperatures likely to cause travel disruption. Stav will have the latest for us. A few snow showers and the potential of some significant snow. Join me laterfor the details. Good morning. First, our main story. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has arrived in iran shortly, where he will express what he describes as grave concerns over the imprisonment of the british iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. The aid worker has been held prisoner in the country since april 2016, accused of trying to overthrow the iranian government a charge she denies. Mrjohnson is also expected to discuss britains wider relations with iran. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins. Boris johnsons first visit to iran could hardly be more sensitive. Last month he was